SrI Sudarsana ShaTkam - Sadagopan

Sincere Thanks To:1. SrI Srinivasan Narayanan for Sanskrit text and proof reading2. SrI Mukund Srinivasan, SrI Shreekrishna Akilesh, SrI R Giridharan SrI C.G. Balaji, SrIBharathkumar Raman, SrI K S Jegannathan and SrI Ramanuja Mission, USA for images3. Smt Jayashree Muralidharan for eBook assemblyCOVER ART COURTESY - Dr. SrI Anil Adityawww.sadagopan.org

CONTENTSrI sudarSana shaTkamIntroduction1Slokams and Comments5Slokams 1 - 77 - 15SrI sudarSana nAmAvaLi17nigamanam17Annexure18Transliteration scheme used in this eBookwww.sadagopan.org

Rare SrI dwAdaSa sudarSana mUrti - swAmi deSikan sannidhi, SrIPerumbutUrThanks: SrI Bharathkumar Ramanwww.sadagopan.org

. ïI .ïIkUrnaray[muinvranug&hItm!. ïIsudzRn;qœkm!.SrI KUranArAyaNa jIyar’sSrI sudarSana shaTkam****INTRODUCTIONDear SrI sudarsana BhaktAs:On the Nandana samvatsara cAturmAsyam days, it is aDiyEn’s bhAgyam as the grandson of a greatSrI sudarSana upAsakar, VaikuNThavAsi, PerugavAzhundAn JagannAthAcAr Swamy to writeabout SrI sudarSana shaTkam, a powerful prayer to SrI sudarSana BhagavAn. A few words aboutmy maternal grandfather would be appropriate here.My maternal grandfather, SrI JagannAthAcAr Swamy was a Vedic scholar and used the power ofhis sudarSana and GaayatrI mantra siddhis to bring back to life people bitten by cobra and chasedaway a lot of ills that people were suffering from. As a small boy, I used to watch thesehappenings in front of a little hut that he had built for himself, which faced the east Gopuram ofSrI Oppiliappan at the end of the sannidhi street. Today, the temple bhaTTars live in an expandedhouse built there on the foundation of what my maternal grandfather built with his own hands. Hewas very good with his hands and could do many things like roof thatching, brick laying for raisingwalls etc., besides Veda pArAyaNam and SrI sudarSana upAsanai. The srotriya village ofPerugavAzhundAn is close to the abhimAna sthalam of Raaja Mannargudi; my grandfather and hisfellow villagers from the agrahAram including some GhanapADis used to perform the annual VedapArAyaNa kaimkaryam there during the eighteen day long brahmotsavam of SrI RaajagopAlaPerumAl, and also at the divya desams like TiruviNNagar (Oppiliappan Koil), PuLLambhUtanguDi,TerazhundUr, TirukkuDantai et al. He used to perform 1008 Avrtti GaayatrI japam every daybefore sunrise besides SrI sudarSana mahA mantra japam, while standing in the knee deep waterof the local river (NaaTTAn vAikkAl alias dakshiNa VirajA), a tributary of the mighty Cauveryflowing at the nearby kshetram of TirukkuDantai. He lived a simple life and spent his days helpingother people in distress.Let us recite SrI sudarSana shaTkam and offer our collective prayers to Lord sudarSana for asuccessful completion of the Nandana samvatsara cAturmAsyamThis shaTkam on Lord sudarSanA was composed by SrI KUranArAyaNa jIyar. He was acontemporary of AcArya RaamAnuja and his grhasta Sishyar, SrI KUrattAzhvAn. The taniyan ofthe jIyar (SanyAsi) hailing from the KUram agrahAram goes with his other stotram of SrIsudarSana Satakam and can be used for SrI sudarSana shaTkam as well. This taniyan takes this1www.sadagopan.org

form:r¼ez iv}iÝ kramySyckar c³eznuit inv&Äye,smaïye h vrpUr[I— y t kUrnaray[ namk muinm!.rangeSa vij napti karAmayasyacakAra cakreSa-nutim nivrttaye samASraye aham varapUraNIm yaHtam kUranArAyaNa nAmakam munim Meaning:aDiyEn prostrates before SrI KUranArAyaNa jIyar, who composed this stuti on Lord sudarSana,the mighty boon granter, for curing the illness of Tiruvaranga PerumAL araiyar, whose kaimkaryamto SrI RanganAtha was interrupted at one time by an incapacitating illness.Tiruvaranga PerumAL araiyar is one of the five AcAryAs of SrI Bhagavad RaamAnuja. When hefell ill and could not perform his wonted araiyar viNNappam to Lord RanganAtha, SrIKUrattAzhvAn sought the help of the well known sudarSana upAsakar, SrI KUranArAyaNa jIyar.The sudarSana Satakam and shaTkam were composed as PrArthanA pUrvaka vij nApanams toLord sudarSana by the jIyar to chase away the illness of the araiyar and to permit him to returnto his kaimkaryams for Periya PerumAL. The e-book # SH073 in SrIhayagrIvan series (http://www.sadagopan.org) has 278 pages long coverage of the SrI sUkti of “SrI sudarSana Satakam” ofthe jIyar from KUram. Beautiful arcAs of Lord sudarSana from the different kshetrams anddivya desams have been included in this e-book.In the SrI sUkti of SrI sudarSana Satakam, the jIyar devotes twenty four Slokams to celebratethe jvAlA of the Lord, fourteen Slokams for saluting the nemi (neim) of SrI sudarSana, twelveSlokams for paying respects to the aram (Arm!) of the Lord, eleven and thirteen Slokamsrespectively for seeking the anugraham of the nAbhi (naiÉ) and aksham (A]m!) of the divinesudarSana cakram. At the end, the jIyar sets twenty four Slokams to offer his vandanams to theMahA Purushan presiding over the MahA cakram. Various features of the sudarSana Yantramacknowledging the co-existence of SrI Nrsimhar, SrI sudarSanar and SrI Adi VarAhar in it arealso described at the very end of this stuti.The sudarSana-Narasimha tattvam and the glories of the sixteen Ayudhams (shoDasAyudhams) ofLord sudarSana are covered at length in e-book #SS093 of Sundarasimham series onwww.sadagopan.org2

shoDasAyudha stotram (www.sadagopan.org). Swamy Desikan’s crisp and fast moving salutations toSrI sudarSana is housed in the 7th e-book of the Sundarasimham series. “SrI sudarsanAshTakam”.Please refer to these e-books for detailed information on the Vaibhavam of Lord sudarSanar.The blessings arising from recitation of SrI sudarSana shaTkam, Satakam andperforming sudarSana homam:The sudarSana shaTkam has six Slokams, each of which houses one aksharam of the shaDaksharimantram of Lord sudarSana. This stotram benefits those, who do not have the initiation into theMahA mantram of Lord sudarSana. Each Slokam of the sudarSana shaTkam is recited after eachAhUti in the sudarSana homam by traditionalists. AcArya mukha upadesam will alone give the fullphalan of this and other mantrams.The recitation of the six Slokams of the shaTkam performing prapatti to Lord sudarSana(prapadye aham sudarSanam) yields six types of phalans:1. Relief from the ill effects of the dushgrhams like ghouls, spirits (bhUta, preta, vetALams,piSAcams)2. Relief from the sorrows inflicted by one’s enemies (Satru bhAda nivrtti)3. AyurArogya drDagAtra siddhi (realization of long & healthy life)4. Obtainment of desired wishes (cintita sakala manoratha prApti)5. Quick banishment of all inauspiciousness (aSubha nivAraNam)6. Destruction of all kinds of amangaLams in body, house, land due to the mantra, yantra, aushada,astra, AbhicArika and visha prayogams.3www.sadagopan.org

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The effulgence of a thousand Suns emanates from SrI sudarSanar!ThirumOhUr SrI sudarSanar (Thanks: SrI Shreekrishna Akilesh)www.sadagopan.org6

. ïI .ïIkUrnaray[muinvranug&hItm!. ïIsudzRn;qœkm!.SrI KUranArAyaNa jIyar’sSrI sudarSana shaTkam***SLOKAM 1shöaidTys»az shövdn àÉum!,shöd shöar àp*e h sudzRnm!.sahasrAditya-sankASam sahasra-vadanam prabhum sahasradam sahasrAram prapadye aham sudarSanam Meaning:aDiyEn performs Prapatti at the sacred feet of Lord sudarSana (prabhu), who has the effulgenceof thousands of Suns (sahasrAditya sankASam) emanating from His thousand faces (sahasravadanam). aDiyEn seeks the protection of this Lord (prapadye aham) with thousands of spokes(sahasrAram) in His wheel-like form (rathAnga rUpam).Comments:The first aksharam “sa” of the sudarSana shaDakshari is included here five times in this firstSlokam. The five aspects of Lord sudarSana, His jvAlA (radiance), His body (tanu), nemi(outer rim), nAbhi (navel) and the aram (spokes) are saluted here. Let us focus on the jvAlA ofLord sudarSanar in this section.The unmatched jvAlA of Lord sudarSanar is requested to remove the inner and external darkness(saudarSanI jvAlA vitaratu bAhyAbAhyA andhakAram). The jvAlA of Lord sudarSana chases awaypermanently the samsAric worries and grants lasting happiness (jyotiH bhavatAm saprakarshampraharsham pradiSatu). The jvAlA of sudarSana is not confined to one area, but it radiates fromthe aram, aksham, nAbhi and the nemi (sarvam jvAlAmayam). When they are experienced, thosejvAlAs grant one sakala PurushArthams (tejo vaH caturaH pUrushArthAn pushyatAt).The sudarSana jyoti has many colors and serves as a mantle (vidhAnam) over the divya dampatis.These sacred and radiant rays (jvAlAs) of sudarSanar burn away our sins (jvAlA bhavatAm enaHpraNudatu). SrI KUranArAyaNa jIyar extends a prayer that these jVAlAs bless us with lastingjoy (tat dhAmaH vaH dhinotu). The jiyar’s prayer to the jvAlA is to shower us with all mangaLams(astradIptiH vaH bhadrAya jAyatAm). In a similar vein, he prays to the fierce jvAlAs to confer us7www.sadagopan.org

lasting MangaLams (heti pratApaH anibhrtam Subham diSyAt). The poet also prays for the cakraprakASam to enhance our fame (cakra-prakASaH vaH yaSo diSatu). SrI KUranArAyaNa jIyarseeks the radiance of the sudarSanar to destroy our nescience (sudarSana dyutiHavidyAm nudyAt) and destroy our sins (SastrarAja tejaH pApacyamAnam pApam vaH Samayatu).The beautiful mUrti of SrI SudarSanar - SrImad ANDavan ASramamThanks: SrI RAmAnuja Mission, USAwww.sadagopan.org8

SLOKAM 2hsNt harkeyUr mk qa¼dÉU;[m!,ÉU;[EÉURi;ttnu àp*e h sudzRnm!.hasantam hAra-keyUra makuTAngada-bhUshaNam bhUshaNair-bhUshita-tanum prapadye aham sudarSanam Meaning:aDiyEn seeks the protection of the smiling Lord sudarSanan of divya tirumEni adorned withall AbharaNams such as necklaces (hAram), upper arm bracelets (keyUraH), crown (makuTam) andarmlets (angadaH)!Comments:“ha” is the second aksharam of the shaDakshari of sudarSanar. Lord sudarSanar seems to besmiling at the futile enemies of the Lord, who assume arrogantly that they have the power to goto battle with Him. He looks forward to execute the sankalpam of His Lord, SrIman nArayaNanin punishing those, who are unrighteous and commit grave BhAgavata and other unpardonableoffenses (asahyApacArams).SLOKAM 3öakarsiht mNÇ pQNt zÇuin hm!,svRraegàzmn àp*e h sudzRnm!.srAkAra-sahitam mantram paThantam Satrunigraham sarvaroga-praSamanam prapadye aham sudarSanam Meaning:aDiyEn performs prapatti at the sacred feet of Lord sudarSanar, who destroys all the samsAricills of those, who recite His mantram containing the aksharam, “srA”. He is the vanquisher of allenemies of His devotees.Comments:The third bIjAksharam of the sudarSana shaDakshari is “srA”. Hence the poet describes thismantram as “srAkAra sahitam mantram”. The poet hails the power of the aram-s (Arm!) ofsudarSanar destroying enemies and declares: May the spokes of sudarSanar chase away theassembled enemies like a powerful wind blowing away a piece of cotton (cakrAramAlA bhavatAmSatrulokam tulayatu)! SrI sudarSanar is recognized here as the powerful Satru nigrahan.9www.sadagopan.org

SrI sudarSanar is Satru nigrahan!SrI sudarSana mUrti in front and SrI yoga narasimhar at the opposite face of the vigrahamThanks : SrI RAmAnuja Mission, USASLOKAM 4r[iTki»i[jalen ra]s¹ mhaÑ‚tm!,VyaÝkez ivêpa] àp*e h sudzRnm!.raNat-kinkiNi-jAlena rAkshasaghnam mahAdbhutam vyAptakeSam virUpAksham prapadye aham sudarSanam Meaning and Comments:“ra” is the 4th aksharam in the sudarSana shaDakshari. Lord sudarSanan engaged in attacking anddestroying His enemies in the battlefield with rapid movements is described here. The mostwonderful heroic deeds of the rapidly moving Lord is visualized. The ankle bells attached to HisnUpuram generate the sunAdam consistent with the rapid speed of His movement across thebattleground and are heard all over the battle-field as He goes after every one of the fleeingRaakshasAs. During these speedy movements. His reddish brown hair is stretched out (vyAptawww.sadagopan.org10